Sandcastle girls
By: Chris Bohjalian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781471110726; 9781471110733
Subjects: Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Fiction
Description: The First World War is spreading across Europe, and Elizabeth Endicott has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian genocide. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought, but when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura's grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family's history that reveals love, loss, and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.
Notes: Originally published: New York: Doubleday; London: Simon & Schuster, 2012.